Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Ahlberg, Ed.
Request for Comments: 8432 Ericsson AB
Category: Informational M. Ye, Ed.
ISSN: 2070-1721 Huawei Technologies
X. Li
NEC Laboratories Europe
LM. Contreras
Telefonica I+D
CJ. Bernardos
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
October 2018
A Framework for Management and Control of
Microwave and Millimeter Wave Interface Parameters
Abstract
The unification of control and management of microwave radio link
interfaces is a precondition for seamless multi-layer networking and
automated network provisioning and operation.
This document describes the required characteristics and use cases
for control and management of radio link interface parameters using a
YANG data model.
The purpose is to create a framework to identify the necessary
information elements and define a YANG data model for control and
management of the radio link interfaces in a microwave node. Some
parts of the resulting model may be generic and could also be used by
other technologies, e.g., Ethernet technology.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
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(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
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Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 7841.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Conventions Used in This Document ..........................5
2. Terminology and Definitions .....................................5
3. Approaches to Manage and Control Radio Link Interfaces ..........7
3.1. Network Management Solutions ...............................7
3.2. Software-Defined Networking ................................7
4. Use Cases .......................................................8
4.1. Configuration Management ...................................9
4.2. Inventory .................................................10
4.3. Status and Statistics .....................................10
4.4. Performance Management ....................................10
4.5. Fault Management ..........................................11
4.6. Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis ...................11
5. Requirements ...................................................11
6. Gap Analysis on Models .........................................12
6.1. Microwave Radio Link Functionality ........................13
6.2. Generic Functionality .....................................14
6.3. Summary ...................................................15
7. Security Considerations ........................................16
8. IANA Considerations ............................................16
9. References .....................................................16
9.1. Normative References ......................................16
9.2. Informative References ....................................17
Contributors ......................................................19
Authors' Addresses ................................................20